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AustLII in Need of Funding

AustLII, which transformed access to legal information in Australia over a decade ago, is facing a funding crunch.  Learn more here.

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May 17, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

CRTC Approves Increased Commercial Skipping

The CRTC has released a series of television regulation decisions that include a gradual removal of advertising restrictions (yet another mechanism to encourage YouTube and Tivo use), a deadline for digital broadcasts (by August 2011), and the rejection of a broadcast demand for a new fee on cable and satellite […]

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May 17, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canada Talks, Scotland Acts

While Library and Archives Canada talks about a digital strategy, the National Library of Scotland launches a major project to digitize its archives.

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May 17, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Pandora Offline in Canada

Earlier this month, I blogged that Pandora would be blocking Canadian users.  While the company was able to stave that off for a couple of weeks, yesterday it started blocking Canadian users.

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May 17, 2007 8 comments News

Oda To Face Tough Questions

Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda will face hours of questioning this evening, with the Liberals claiming that they will ask some tough questions, including discussion of campaign donations. Update: Full transcript here.  No questions about copyright. Some discussion about expenses at the Juno awards and the lack of timely disclosure. 

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May 16, 2007 Comments are Disabled News